Recipe - Sri Lanka Thosai Black Gram And Rice

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"A taste of Sri Lanka"
By Indra Jayasekera

THOSAI
250 g Black gram
One fourth teaspoon Fenugreek
25 g Onion
1 Chile, fresh
100 g Flour, Rice
250 g Rice; parboiled
1 teaspoon Salt
pn Turmeric
50 ml Oil
Curry leaf sprigs
1 teaspoon Cumin

=========================== Directions ========================

Soak the black gram and fenugreek in water until soft. Chop the onion and
chile. Drain the gram and fenugreek and liquidize with the rice flour, rice
and sufficient water to make a batter. Add the salt and turmeric. Heat 25
ml oil and fry onion, chile, curry leaves and cumin, then add to the
batter. Reheat the pan, add a little oil and pour in batter to make a thin
pancake. When little holes appear on the thosai turn it over and cook on
the other side for a minute or two. Repeat process until all the batter is
used up.

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